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Over 5 Trillion Won of Medical Expenditures Incurred by Domestic Elderly Population
According to a report released by the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC), there is a continuous increase of the elderly people with ages 65 and above in the nation, reaching at 3.75 million people, or 7.9% o...
180 Drugs Newly Registered under National Health Insurance
Effective April 1st, a total of 180 drugs are to be newly registered under the National Health Insurance (NHI) list of pharmaceutical products with their applicable coverage details under both reimbursable and non-rei...
Manufacturers to Report Self-Inspection Results in May and September
The Seoul Regional Korea Food and Drug Administration (RKFDA) recently announced the current-year operational plan towards the self-imposed quality inspections, which are to be performed by the manufacturers and impor...
KPA Requests Post-Marketing Surveillance on Roche Korea's Caldivita
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) announced on March 21st that it has submitted a request to the Korea Food and Drug Association (KFDA) for an undertaking of post-marketing surveillance on the alleged substan...
Dong-A to Officially Launch Bacchus-D
Dong-A Pharmaceutical officially launched on March 21st the upgraded version of its time-honored brand Bacchus, designated as Bacchus-D, an over-the-counter (OTC) tonic energy drink with established recognition and po...
Local Amlodipine Generics Are Gaining Market Shares
According to the report released by Bestcare, the analysis on the domestic sales and market shares of amlodipine-based antihypertensive medications shows that the local first-version generics are progressively gaining...
Incentive-Eligible Drugs for Substitution Dispensary Reach 2,357
According to the latest report released by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) on the list of incentive-eligible drugs for substitution dispensary, the total number has reached at 2,357 items as of February.
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Cultured Epidermal Homograft Developed by Domestic Company
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said it has approved market authorization of Tego Science's Kaloderm, a cultured epidermal homograft (CEH) for skin replacement and wound healing, effective March 21st.
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KFDA to Request Additional Data on Hanmi's Anti-Obesity Drug
According to an industry source, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) is to request Hanmi Pharmaceuticals to make an additional data provision for its anti-obesity drug Slimer (active ingredient: sibutramine ...
Nationwide Availability of Locally Produced Cyclotrons Makes Headway
The Kyungpook National University Hospital (KNUH) held an opening ceremony on March 21st for a newly established PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Center, equipped with the locally developed cyclotron.
With the fi...
